changing the ownersip from the terminal

Mr.mick-duck · 09-22-2006, 05:33 PM

hello ,
how can i change the ownership for a directory and all the directories inside using the terminal .
i tried by using

Code:

chown -h "username" "directory name"

but this change only the father directory without it's children.

fudam · 09-22-2006, 05:45 PM

if you want to change all files then just add the -R

Code:

chown -R -h "username" "directory name"

But if you specifically only want to change directories then try:

Code:

find . -type d -exec chown USERNAME {} \;

Mr.mick-duck · 09-22-2006, 05:49 PM

Thank you it's work.